(18111) Pinet Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 July 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Patrick Pinet (b. 1957), of the Observatoire de Midi-Pyrenées, Toulouse, is an expert on the physical and compositional properties of the moon and terrestrial planets. He has taken part in several lunar and Mars space missions.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Pinet is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Pinet is 3.05 au from the Sun and 4.04 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 18111 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 NB14 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.14 km (#12,402 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.215 |
| Rotation period | 25.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.42 |
| Orbital period | 4.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.80 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 3.09 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.105 |
| Inclination | 2.94° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.51 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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